The same Palm Beach County elementary school that was put on lockdown several months ago because of a bobcat wandering the premises, was put on lockdown Monday morning due to a suspicious package. Turns out, the package was a box of books. Grove Park Elementary School, located at 8330 N…
The Charlie Crist campaign has announced that it will open an office in Broward County this upcoming weekend. The field office, which will be located at 320 S. University Drive in Plantation, is the first Crist field office to open in Florida as the former governor preps for another go…
Seminole County is the bear-attack capital of Florida. Residents of the sylvan subdivisions lining Markham Woods Road frequently see the creatures in their backyards and know to watch out for deer on the drive home. Wildlife is just part of the neighborhood. But now, wildlife officials say, the bears there…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…
Beginning about 2 a.m., we will experience a total eclipse of the moon. That means the entire moon — not just part of it — will be in the Earth’s shadow. Dr. Stephen Schiff, president of the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches, suggests going outside between 2 or 2:30…
A water moccasin’s bite causes a conflagration of searing pain and profuse bleeding to its victim. The hemotoxic venom causes nausea and immediate swelling in the bitten area, and it works quickly through the bloodstream, breaking down tissues and blood cells, and interfering with the blood’s ability to clot. A…
The U.S. Court of Appeals voted down an appeal by SeaWorld over a ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the death of orca trainer Dawn Brancheau, the SeaWorld animal trainer who was killed by an orca bull named Tilikum following a show at the park in 2010…
This weekend, the Tortuga Music Festival and its 20,000 sunburned attendees will invade Fort Lauderdale Beach. They’ll bring alcohol, cowboy hats, coolers, and — unfortunately — traffic. Tons and tons of traffic. See also: Make Your Own Free Custom Tic Tac Packs at Tortuga Music Festival…
A Loxahatchee woman is facing charges after fraudulently collecting roughly $377,000 in food stamps, housing assistance, and Medicaid. The woman had been pulling off the scam since 2003, using two separate social security numbers and a dozen aliases. Since then, she’d been collecting monthly assistance checks and living large on…
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office will be conducting something called a “traffic enforcement initiative” all day Friday as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The PBSO said on its Facebook page that its officers will be all about traffic enforcement in unincorporated Palm Beach County throughout the day and…
Exotic birds — apparently — are big business. Collectors are willing to shell out tens of thousands of dollars for top-line animals, even getting involved in overseas business deals with strangers to land the right Polly. But even in this seemingly wholesome hobby, deals can go bad. According to a…
Earlier this week, Rick Scott was called out on a couple of misleading campaign ads claiming that 300,000 Floridians have lost their insurance due to Obamacare. But Florida Blue, the insurance company at the center of one of the ads, says this is not true. Scott, however, is standing by…
In a controversial decision to allow advertising along trails and greenways in the state parks system, the Department of Environmental Protection on April 3 inked a deal with Bikepath Country Florida, a Fort Myers company whose managing partners include two powerful Tallahassee insiders. See also: – DEP Secretary Herschel Vinyard…
A Pompano Beach woman was arrested after she left five kids unattended without food at a home that reeked of urine and feces while she went to hit up the slots at a local casino. The kids were between the ages of 2 and 12, according to the legal complaint…
A couple of storm forecasters from Colorado have brought some seemingly bad news for those of us who love to take days off and listen to 24-hour local news stations tell us how we’re all gonna die when a hurricane is on its way. Phil Klotzbach and William Gray of…
Michael John Cefola had been driving for days, transporting cargo in his vehicle all the way from California. Maybe it was the lack of sleep, or maybe it was just carelessness. But Cefola couldn’t keep his blue Chevy four-door from swerving in and out of the lane on a Gainesville…
New Times has won a 2014 James Aronson Award for a story about a local man who has spent more than $85 million funding settlements in Israel. “Miami Beach Man’s Millions Thwart Middle East Peace” was published this past March 28 and written by then-staff writer Terrence McCoy, who recently…
Just like every other state not ending in “-alifornia,” Florida is scrambling to scoop up Hollywood business. Seeking tax breaks, television and movie crews over the past decade have decamped SoCal for elsewhere, in turn shoveling money and prestige into local economies. Florida already has used nearly $300 million in…
On June 19, our 27th-annual Best Of Broward/Palm Beach issue will hit the streets. Our beloved annual issue is your guide to all the local legends and hidden gems Broward and Palm Beach have to offer. But we all know, if you really want to find the best spots in…
The measure that could lead the way to virtually ending greyhound racing in Florida hit an abrupt snag earlier this week, putting a damper on some serious momentum gained by proponents in the past several months. While state senators approved a bill on Tuesday that would require racetracks to report…
Byron Maharrey knows what a Florida panther looks like. The former chairman of the board for the Florida Sportsmen’s Conservation Association had seen the elusive cats near Palatka and around his home by Lake Kissimmee before. And he swears he saw one of these rare cougar subspecies while hunting there…
Raul Medina Jr. walks into a Starbucks in Hollywood’s Young Circle and asks for a cup of black coffee with light hazelnut syrup and exactly two ice cubes. Better-known as DJ Raw, Medina brought hip-hop to Miami from his native South Bronx and founded Hoodstock, a free, big-name festival in…
